Reptiles Story Time – Preschool

Opening Song

Book: Dangerous by Tim Warnes

Movement/Song: “I Have a Little Turtle”
I have a little turtle (put hands on top of one another)
He lives in a box (make box)
He swims in a puddle (swimming motion)
He climbs on the rocks (climbing motion)
He snapped at a mosquito (clap)
He snapped at a flea (clap)
He snapped at a minnow (clap)
And he snapped at me (clap)
He caught the mosquito (cup hands together)
He caught the flea (cup hands together)
He caught the minnow (cup hands together)
But he didn’t catch me! (shake finger “no”)
(Credit: Childhood)

Book: To Bathe a Boa by C. Imbior Kudrna

Song: “Jake the Snake” – Laura Doherty: Shining Like a Star

Movement: “Snake Breath” – Kira Willey: Mindful Moments for Kids

Book: Chameleon, Chameleon by Joy Cowley, photographs by Nic Bishop

Song: “Sss, ssss went the slippery snake”
Sss, ssss went the slippery snake one day
Sss, ssss went the slippery snake
Sss, ssss went the slippery snake one day
And they all went sss, sss, sss
But… we know snakes go (clap) shoe-be-do-be-do
(clap) shoe-be-do-be-do, (clap) shoe-be-do-be-do
We know snakes go (clap) shoe-be-do-be-do
They don’t go sss, sss, sss

Snap snap went the agile alligator one day
Snap snap went the agile alligator
Snap snap went the agile alligator one day
And they all went snap snap snap
But… we know alligators go (clap) shoe-be-do-be-do
(clap) shoe-be-do-be-do, (clap) shoe-be-do-be-do
We know alligators go (clap) shoe-be-do-be-do
They don’t go snap snap snap

Chirp chirp went the groovy gecko one day
Chirp chirp went the groovy gecko
Chirp chirp went the groovy gecko one day
And they all went chirp chirp chirp
But… we know geckos go (clap) shoe-be-do-be-do
(clap) shoe-be-do-be-do, (clap) shoe-be-do-be-do
We know geckos go (clap) shoe-be-do-be-do
They don’t go chirp chirp chirp
(Credit: Jbrary and One for the Books)

Closing rhyme

Craft: Dot painting a paper bag reptile